The German contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
The Federal Republic of Germany’s development policy is guided by international
agreements and commitments, in particular by the Millennium Declaration and the
Millennium Development Goals.
The objectives of German development policy are:
- Reducing poverty
- Protecting the environment and the climate
- Building peace and promoting democracy
- Promoting equitable forms of globalisation
German development policy is directed towards meeting commitments made
under the Monterrey Consensus. Germany has constantly increased its official
development assistance (ODA) in line with the EU timetable for gradually
increasing the ratio of ODA to gross national income (GNI). Federal budget funds
for development policy were increased in 2008 by 1.1 billion US dollars; further
increases are envisaged. Over a period of 10 years German ODA has almost
doubled.
In 2007, Germany was the second biggest donor after the US in nominal terms
and had reached an ODA to GNI ratio of 0.37%.
Germany is contributing to innovative sources of financing. Since the
beginning of 2008, revenues from the sale of emissions rights have been
ploughed into measures to protect the climate, to adapt to climate change and to
improve energy access in developing countries (2008, 175 million US dollars;
2009, 335 million US dollars).
Each year the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development invests about 190 million US dollars in microcredit programmes
and microfinance in 63 countries. The Grameen Bank alone, founded by Nobel
Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, has helped millions of people in Bangladesh
find their way out of poverty.
Doubling aid to Africa
Germany is on track to meet the commitment made by G8 countries in
Gleneagles in 2005 to double aid to Africa by 2010 (against the 2004 baseline).
While in 2004 bilateral ODA for Africa totalled 1.4 billion US dollars, 2.4 billion US
dollars were reached in 2007.
Take health
Annual German funding to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and to
improve the necessary health systems has risen from 435 million US dollars in
2006 to 725 million US dollars as of 2008.
The German government has made a substantial contribution to the Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: so far some 1.2 billion US dollars has
been pledged in total. In 2008, the annual contribution was more than doubled.
Germany is the first donor country to pledge support for the debt2health
initiative, which offers debt cancellation linked to investments in the health sector.
For example Indonesia: 75 million US dollars worth of debts have been
cancelled on condition that Indonesia invests half that amount in the health sector.
Take education
Germany has made education one of the priority areas of its bilateral cooperation.
Major increases in funding for primary education are planned. In 2007,
disbursements reached 90 million US dollars. The annual bilateral target for
primary education in 2008 and 2009 is 175 million US dollars.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel/pdf/commitments/germany.pdf
The Federal Republic of Germany’s development policy is guided by international
agreements and commitments, in particular by the Millennium Declaration and the
Millennium Development Goals.
The objectives of German development policy are:
- Reducing poverty
- Protecting the environment and the climate
- Building peace and promoting democracy
- Promoting equitable forms of globalisation
German development policy is directed towards meeting commitments made
under the Monterrey Consensus. Germany has constantly increased its official
development assistance (ODA) in line with the EU timetable for gradually
increasing the ratio of ODA to gross national income (GNI). Federal budget funds
for development policy were increased in 2008 by 1.1 billion US dollars; further
increases are envisaged. Over a period of 10 years German ODA has almost
doubled.
In 2007, Germany was the second biggest donor after the US in nominal terms
and had reached an ODA to GNI ratio of 0.37%.
Germany is contributing to innovative sources of financing. Since the
beginning of 2008, revenues from the sale of emissions rights have been
ploughed into measures to protect the climate, to adapt to climate change and to
improve energy access in developing countries (2008, 175 million US dollars;
2009, 335 million US dollars).
Each year the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development invests about 190 million US dollars in microcredit programmes
and microfinance in 63 countries. The Grameen Bank alone, founded by Nobel
Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, has helped millions of people in Bangladesh
find their way out of poverty.
Doubling aid to Africa
Germany is on track to meet the commitment made by G8 countries in
Gleneagles in 2005 to double aid to Africa by 2010 (against the 2004 baseline).
While in 2004 bilateral ODA for Africa totalled 1.4 billion US dollars, 2.4 billion US
dollars were reached in 2007.
Take health
Annual German funding to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and to
improve the necessary health systems has risen from 435 million US dollars in
2006 to 725 million US dollars as of 2008.
The German government has made a substantial contribution to the Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: so far some 1.2 billion US dollars has
been pledged in total. In 2008, the annual contribution was more than doubled.
Germany is the first donor country to pledge support for the debt2health
initiative, which offers debt cancellation linked to investments in the health sector.
For example Indonesia: 75 million US dollars worth of debts have been
cancelled on condition that Indonesia invests half that amount in the health sector.
Take education
Germany has made education one of the priority areas of its bilateral cooperation.
Major increases in funding for primary education are planned. In 2007,
disbursements reached 90 million US dollars. The annual bilateral target for
primary education in 2008 and 2009 is 175 million US dollars.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel/pdf/commitments/germany.pdf
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